Transportation Tuesday Recap: The Future of the Curb – How Curb Management Strategies are Changing and Who's Leading the Charge
Curb planning in cities is a historical challenge, further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic as transportation and economic habits have evolved. Curbside ...
Jun 24, 2022
Transportation Tuesday Recap: Making the Connection – How the RTA’s Interagency Signage Program Helps Solve a Complex Regional Problem
["Clear, understandable signage is a crucial part of the transit experience for riders. The RTA Interagency Signage Program provides design standards and coo...
Jun 17, 2022
RTA embarks on 79th Street Corridor Plan for Auburn Gresham, emphasizing community engagement
The RTA, in partnership with the City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development, is working with the Auburn Gresham community on a 79th Street Corr...
Jun 13, 2022
Transportation Tuesday webinar explores centering the transit-dependent in TOD
Transit-oriented development (TOD) has successfully brought a mixture of residential, commercial, office, and public uses to transit station areas. How has t...
Jun 10, 2022
Itasca Downtown Strategic Action Plan envisions new life breathed into Metra station area
In 2019, the Village of Itasca partnered with the RTA to begin developing an updated downtown strategic action plan. With changes in the market including a y...
May 24, 2022
Register now for four-part Transportation Tuesday webinar series
The RTA is bringing back Transportation Tuesday, its popular four-part webinar series that in 2020 replaced the Annual Planning Workshop due to COVID-19. The...
May 5, 2022
RTA begins new engagement tactic in Garfield Green Line South Action Plan: paying residents for their time
Washington Park, home of the Garfield Green Line station, has had no shortage of plans written for it in the past decade. But high rates of vacant land persi...
Mar 24, 2022
Survey responses explore value of transit beyond ridership, help inform emerging strategic plan vision
As the RTA develops the next regional transit strategic plan, we want to hear from people around northeastern Illinois about the value our transit system pro...
Mar 7, 2022
RTA releases strategic plan survey results, seeks feedback on emerging vision
After a six-month season of listening and engaging different audiences about the challenges and opportunities facing the future of public transit, the RTA ha...
Feb 17, 2022
RTA Board hears from guest speakers on how to ensure accessible and financially sustainable future for transit
As the RTA continues development of its new regional transit strategic plan, the agency is committed to engaging in conversations about the future of public ...
Jan 6, 2022
Explore 2021 RTA Local Planning projects and successes in interactive implementation report
Public transit is an irreplaceable piece of the region’s mobility network that supports a thriving, resilient region. The RTA builds on the strength of trans...
Dec 10, 2021
RTA Community Planning program begins new projects in Chicago, suburbs
The RTA Community Planning program began work on four new projects recently, each with the goal of helping improve quality of life by addressing local planni...
Nov 18, 2021
